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  2. List of countries by social welfare spending - Wikipedia

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    These tables are lists of social welfare spending as a percentage of GDP compiled by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") into the OECD Social Expenditure Database which "includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level." [1]

  3. Welfare economics - Wikipedia

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    Welfare economics is a field of economics that applies microeconomic techniques to evaluate the overall well-being (welfare) of a society. [ 1 ] The principles of welfare economics are often used to inform public economics , which focuses on the ways in which government intervention can improve social welfare .

  4. Demographics of Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Georgia is a South Atlantic U.S. state with a population of 10,711,908 according to the 2020 United States census, or just over 3% of the U.S. population.The majority of the state's population is concentrated within Metro Atlanta, although other highly populated regions include: West Central and East Central Georgia; West, Central, and East Georgia; and Coastal Georgia; and their Athens ...

  5. Welfare spending - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom has a long history of welfare, notably including the English Poor laws which date back to 1536. After various reforms to the program, which involved workhouses , it was eventually abolished and replaced with a modern system by laws such as the National Assistance Act 1948 ( 11 & 12 Geo. 6 .

  6. Social programs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Not including Social Security and Medicare, Congress allocated almost $717 billion in federal funds in 2010 plus $210 billion was allocated in state funds ($927 billion total) for means tested welfare programs in the United States, of which half was for medical care and roughly 40% for cash, food and housing assistance.

  7. List of Georgian regions by Human Development Index - Wikipedia

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    Rank Region HDI (2022) Very high human development 1 Tbilisi 0.836 2 Adjara 0.819 – Georgia 0.814: 3: Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti: 0.813 High human development

  8. Government of Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    The Georgia State Capitol, housing the offices of the Governor and the halls of the General Assembly. The legislature of Georgia is the General Assembly, a bicameral body consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate has 56 members and the House has 180 members. Lawmakers serve 2-year terms and work part-time.

  9. Healthcare in Georgia (country) - Wikipedia

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    From 1921 to 1991, the Georgian health system was part of the Soviet system.Till 1995 health care system in Georgia was based on Soviet Semashko model. The first dramatic change was implemented in 1995, when the budget transfers were complemented with additional sources of the financing: the mandatory health insurance contributions (employer and the employee mandatory contribution - 3% and 1% ...